Massacres: A Historical Perspective Book

	Introduction	1
1	Morality and Moral Systems	4
2	Massacre as a Military Norm: Mzilikazi and the Matabele	11
3	Massacre by 'Consent': Mass killing as a sacrificial offering	20
4	The Greek Experience I: Massacre as a military postscript	29
5	The Greek Experience II: Massacre as a political expedient	38
6	Roman Slavery I: Massacre as social retribution	47
7	Roman Slavery II: Massacre as condign punishment	54
8	Massacre as a Spectator Sport: The Roman games	60
9	Massacre as a Succession Device: Achaemenid Persia	70
10	Massacre and Counter-massacre: Turks, Greeks and Armenians	80
11	Massacre and Economic Efficiency: The Stalin era	87
12	Massacre as Fratricide: The Spanish Civil War	97
13	Massacre as a Tactical Exigency: The choice-of-evils problem	107
14	Massacre as a Matter of Policy: The SS at Lidice and Oradour	117
15	Massacre by Proxy: Vichy and the Jews	129
16	Massacre as a Strategic Extremity: The Allied bombing offensive 1942-45	137
17	Massacre and Liberation I: The colonial situation	146
18	Massacre and Liberation II: The colonial aftermath	157
19	Aggression and Moral Responsibility	167
	Appendix: Massacre and the Occult	178
	Bibliography	186
	Index	193